fresser

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noun

A glutton.

OriginYiddish פֿרעסער →
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Meanings

nounfresser (plural fressers)

plural fressers

  1. JewishA glutton.

    ‘She is quite the fresser.’

    2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 33

Origin

  1. Yiddishפֿרעסער
  2. Englishfresser

Borrowed from Yiddish פֿרעסער (freser).

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APA

fresser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fresser

MLA

“fresser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fresser. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fresser,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fresser.

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